The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will fund oral history collection efforts focused on Yemeni seafarers, women in the automotive industry, and entrepreneurs to expand the Arab American National Museum's collections. Specifically, the funding will support the...
This federal Project Grant award of $125,714 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) will fund the expansion of the Hamtramck Explorer Deep Map project and associated community collecting initiative. The project aims to increase access to and participation in local heritage preservation within the disadvantaged community of Hamtramck, Michigan. Key project outputs will include the expansion of...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Michigan Humanities Council $1,245,644 under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) from June 2021 through April 2023. This Project Grant will support the Council's local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming through annual operating grants. As the state's leader for connecting people to ideas that change their lives and communities, the Michigan Humanities Council will use this...
Manchester Community College will create an academic art history reader focused on traditionally marginalized communities, titled "Not Your Grandfather's Art History." Funded through a $145,258 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under its Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program, the reader aims to provide increased representation of voices and images in the classroom. It will feature analytical...
The Michigan History Center was awarded a $186,939 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to advance its mission in Detroit using a diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility lens. Funding will support the creation of a full-time Detroit Historian position to spearhead projects centered on reinterpreting the Ulysses and Julia Grant Home and auditing and expanding Detroit's historic markers....
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $8,000,000 Project Grant to the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), a non-profit organization located in Dearborn, Michigan. This grant was provided through the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), which supports healthcare, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and community development projects identified by Congress.
The funding will enable ACCESS to implement a wide range of...
This federal Project Grant award for $399,891 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) supports the "American Muslim Pathways" initiative. This program consists of a series of lectures by humanities scholars, followed by community discussions held at PBS stations across the country, organized in conjunction with adjacent cultural and university venues. An interactive website, including learning lessons and...
The Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan will receive $200,000 through a Project Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The funding will support the hiring and training of six new professional museum educators to resume in-person group tours and workshops at the Center. The educators will work with school groups, leading tours and providing support services to...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $149,782 two-year Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct archaeological investigations at Jebel Barkal in northern Sudan under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161). The University of Michigan will excavate six 20x20 meter horizontal exposures at the ancient Kushite urban center of Jebel Barkal, a UNESCO World Heritage site, over two field seasons. The project aims to investigate...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $168,562 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to Eastern Michigan University, in partnership with Michigan State and Wayne State Universities. This two-year grant supports a residential summer institute for 25 middle and high school educators to explore the complexity of American governance and civic participation, with a focus on the history and impact of the Supreme Court's...